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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449850303321

Autore

Schaad M

Titolo

Bullying Bonn [[electronic resource] ] : Anglo-German Diplomacy on European Integration, 1955–61 / / by M. Schaad

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2000

ISBN

1-280-45636-1

0-333-98105-7

9786610456369

0-230-51325-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2000.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Collana

St Antony's Series, , 2633-5964

Disciplina

327.41043

Soggetti

Europe—History

History, Modern

Diplomacy

European Union

European History

Modern History

European Union Politics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 From Indifference to Hostility: Britain, Germany and the Messina Project; 2 Entering Wedge or Counterblast? Britain's Plan G; 3 Mistaken, Misled or Misguided? British Hopes for German Mediation during the FTA Negotiations; 4 'Bridge-Building' or: the Trade War That Never Was; 5 'Bully the Germans - Buy the French': Towards Britain's First Application; Conclusion: Intersection or Periphery?; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This study explores the formulation, tactics and impact of Britain's diplomatic efforts to induce the German government to abandon, modify and later to enlarge the European Economic Community. Its



main contention is that British diplomacy between the Messina conference of 1955 and the first membership application of 1961 was counterproductive.